Parviz Khatibi
1923-1993
He was a prominent Iranian journalist, writer, director, playwright, songwriter and social and political critic. Parviz Khatibi was born on May 18th, 1923 in Tehran, Iran. His mother was the daughter of Mirza Reza Kermani, a liberal political activist and the assassin of Naser' din Shah Qajar. On his fathers side his great grandfather was a famed preacher in the town of Noor, in the province of Mazandaran. Khatibi had an interest at an early age for poetry, and reading. He enjoyed such works of "Hafez" and "Sadi". At age 13, he wrote his first poem to be published in the only satire newspaper of that time called "Towfigh". By the age of 17 he became "Towfigh's" youngest editor in chief. At age 21, Khatibi finished schooling at the American College in Tehran. He then started to publish his own weekly political satire paper called "Bahram", and later "Ali Baba". Boldly and at criticizing the Iranian social situations of the time, "Ali Baba" was banned from publication by the government numerous times until it was finally forced to discontinue completely. Khatibi then began to publish yet another paper. Staying true to his views, he published "Haji Baba", which went on to become on…
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